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Police seek probe into match-fixing money trail 10 Jun 2013 - 12:48 am

New Delhi: Delhi Police yesterday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to probe the money trail in alleged spot fixing in the Indian Premier...

Irish woman suffers drug overdose 10 Jun 2013 - 12:48 am

KOLKATA: An Irish charity worker, allegedly raped by an Indian businessman, has been taken to hospital after an overdose of prescription drugs, a...

Kerala assembly session likely to be stormy 10 Jun 2013 - 12:47 am

Kochi: The monsoon session of the Kerala assembly, set to begin today, could see the Oommen Chandy government on the back foot, as...

Women chop off father-in-law’s hands in village 10 Jun 2013 - 12:47 am

Patna: Enraged over repeated attempts by their father-in-law to sexually assault them, two women in a Bihar village chopped off the man’s hands...

Karzai demands return of prisoners 10 Jun 2013 - 12:10 am

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai speaks at a gathering in Kabul. Kabul: Afghanistan President, Hamid Karzai, has demanded the return of all Afghans held...

High-level talks 10 Jun 2013 - 12:10 am

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (right) receives German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle in Islamabad yesterday. They discussed Pakistan’s role in the stability of...

Islamabad students yet to get textbooks 10 Jun 2013 - 12:09 am

ISLAMABAD: School students in Islamabad are yet to receive free textbooks though the new academic year has entered its fourth month. The National...

Zardari, Sharif set to make history today 10 Jun 2013 - 12:09 am

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will make a unique distinction and history today as the former will address...

Three soldiers, two cops die in attacks 10 Jun 2013 - 12:09 am

MIRANSHAH: Three soldiers were killed and four wounded in bomb attacks on military convoys in a restive Pakistani tribal region, while two policemen...

1,100 women in jails, 35 on death row 10 Jun 2013 - 12:00 am

ISLAMABAD: Of nearly 75,000 prisoners in jails in Pakistan, around 1,100 are women, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. The misery...

Rival Koreas talk in border village 09 Jun 2013 - 11:59 pm

South and North Korean officials greet just before the North Korean delegation crosses over the concrete border separating the two Koreas at the...

Chinese Nobel winner’s brother-in-law jailed 09 Jun 2013 - 11:58 pm

HUAIROU, China: A Chinese court yesterday sentenced the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison on...

Taiwan to file murder charges against Philippine Coast Guard 09 Jun 2013 - 11:58 pm

MANILA: The criminal charges filed in Taiwan by the family of the suspected Taiwanese poacher killed by members of the Philippine Coast Guard...

Bangla war tribunal orders jail for MP 09 Jun 2013 - 11:58 pm

DHAKA: A Bangladesh war crimes court yesterday ordered the jailing of two Islamists including a member of parliament for three months for contempt...

Rain and winds kill at least 23 in Sri Lanka 09 Jun 2013 - 11:42 pm

COLOMBO: Monsoon rain and strong winds in Sri Lanka have killed at least 23 people with many more missing, mostly fishermen caught in...

10 wounded as Yemen police, Shiite rebels clash 09 Jun 2013 - 07:53 pm

SANAA: A group of armed Shiite Zaidi rebels on Sunday attacked the headquarters of Yemen's national security services in Sanaa, triggering clashes that...

Gusty monsoon kills 27 in Sri Lanka: Official 09 Jun 2013 - 07:51 pm

COLOMBO: Monsoon rain and strong winds in Sri Lanka have killed at least 27 people with many more wounded and missing, mostly fishermen...

Sudan cancels oil, security deals with South 09 Jun 2013 - 07:48 pm

KHARTOUM: Sudan on Sunday cancelled nine security and economic pacts with South Sudan, ending a brief interlude of harmonious relations after border clashes. ...